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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the translation of the name given to many girls born into families without sons?
(a) "Not a boy."
(b) "Extra mouth."
(c) "Bring a little brother."
(d) "Treasured one."

2. Who says, "Women and people of low birth are hard to deal with"?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Mao Zedong.
(c) Mencius.
(d) Jiang Zemin.

3. How does the author refer to other girls adopted from China?
(a) "The Lost Generation."
(b) Her daughter's "sisters."
(c) "Chinese Pearls."
(d) "Chinese Flowers."

4. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) A stuffed panda bear.
(b) A bag of rice.
(c) String bracelets.
(d) A yam.

5. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?
(a) A way to tell her about the culture from which she came.
(b) Her own memoirs.
(c) A story about her birth parents.
(d) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mark and Karin find between their beds in the hotel room?

2. Which other country is NOT mentioned as a frequent home of Chinese adoptees?

3. What major event occurs three days before Mark and Karin leave for China?

4. According to a folk tale Karin read, what are adopted children in China sometimes called?

5. What does Karin bury in her yard?

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